January 24 Tiger Talk

January 24, 2017

In This Issue

BOE Appreciation Week

SI Day and Snow Day Make-up

Summer School Dates

Board Meeting Recap

BOE Election, April 4

Yearbooks on Sale

Dustin Baldwin Named Head Football Coach

PHP Souper Bowl

District Events

Upcoming Dates

Below you will find news and information about the Republic School District. As a reminder, regular issues of Tiger Talk will be distributed on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month during the school year. Two summer issues will be distributed as well.

Board of Education Appreciation Week

We are thankful for our Board of Education on a daily basis for their time and dedication to the students, employees and the community of Republic. Throughout this week we get to showcase our appreciation for these individuals as it is Missouri School Board Appreciation Week. To our Board...THANK YOU!!!

SI Day and Snow Day Make-up

There will be no school for students on Friday, February 17 for a School Improvement Day. However, school WILL BE IN SESSION Monday, February 20 as a snow day make-up.

Summer School Dates

Below are the dates for summer school 2017! More information will be released in the coming weeks.

Elementary:

May 30-June 23

8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Middle School and High School

May 30-June 22

7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Board Meeting Recap

The January Board of Education meeting took place on Thursday, January 19. After the Pledge of Allegiance was recited and the agenda adopted, the consent agenda ( see details in BoardDocs) was approved. An update from MSBA was viewed as well ( click HERE to watch).

Each month one of our school buildings will be featured. For January McCulloch Elementary showcased their building goals and initiatives by creating a video you can watch HERE. In addition, student artwork was on display.

January 22-28 is Missouri School Board Appreciation Week. To celebrate, buildings and departments across the district created their own special way to say "THANK YOU" during the meeting.

CTA, the local group of the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) provided an update as well. It can be viewed on BoardDocs.

Director of Special Education, Meredith Morris, presented an update from her department. Mr Wistrom, Superintendent of Schools, provided his monthly report which included information on the legislative session, district celebrations, and a financial review. All administrative reports can be found on BoardDocs.

Discussion items included several Board of Education policies, specifically GCBDA (Professional Staff Short-Term Leaves) per the request of the district TASK committee. In addition, the rules regarding passes for admission to COC activities for those 60 years and older were discussed. Central Ozark Conference (COC) superintendents have recommended that COC by-laws be changed to allow free admission for persons over 60 to all COC activities. If implemented, no passes will be issued as personal identification may be utilized to determine age if needed. Due to MSHSAA rules, free admission would not apply to district tournaments and state playoff games.

Only one action item was on the agenda, and that was to accept the proposed bid to renovate the maintenance facility (former transportation building). Details are on BoardDocs.

The next meeting will be February 16, 2017 with open session beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Board of Education Election, April 4

The annual election for the Republic School District Board of Education will take place on Tuesday, April 4. The five candidates below filed for the three 3-year term seats (candidates listed in order of appearance on the ballot.) Currently, Ed Cantrell, Denny Lawson and Vicki Neal hold these seats.

Denny Lawson

Tammy Messier

Todd Bassore

John Parker

Pamala Sells

Yearbooks on Sale

EC & Elementary Yearbooks:
ORDER DEADLINE FEBRUARY 24

All books are softcover and are $15.00 each. Order yearbooks online at www.inter-state.com/yearbook and enter the code for your child's school (or where they will be attending in the future for EC families).

Lyon Elementary: 10962Z

McCulloch Elementary: 10967D

Price Elementary: 10965P

Schofield Elementary: 10966D

Sweeny Elementary: 10964K

Republic Middle School Yearbook: ORDER DEADLINE FEBRUARY 24

All books are softcover and are $17.00 each. Order yearbooks online at www.inter-state.com/yearbook and enter the code 10967V.

Republic High School Yearbook:

The cost of yearbooks is $50 if ordered by February 1, and then goes up to $60. There are two ways to order:

Order online at yearbookforever.com.
Send a check or cash with your student to Ms. Howard in Room 214 at RHS.

Dustin Baldwin Named Head Football Coach

Republic School District would like to welcome Coach Dustin Baldwin to our team. The Board of Education approved Baldwin to serve as Head Football Coach, to teach PE and to also serve as the Strengths and Conditioning Coordinator at RHS for the 2017-18 school year. Baldwin brings with him 18 years of successful coaching and teaching experience, eight of which were in head coaching positions. His track record of on-field success in his previous positions along with his experience in leading all facets of a football program make him an excellent fit for Republic.

Baldwin is known for his dedication to developing players into leaders both on and off the field. When asked about his goals for Republic he indicated it was "Producing a consistent winning football program that also produces consistent leaders on the field, in the school, and in the community."

Most recently, Baldwin served as the head football coach at Neosho High School where he was also the head strengths and conditioning coach. Prior to his time at Neosho Baldwin served as the head football coach at Miller High School for four years.

Throughout his previous head coaching career he lead his teams to three state quarterfinal appearances, four conference championships and three district championships. In 2009, 2010 and 2012 he was honored as SWMOFBCA Class One Coach of the Year. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 was named SRVC Coach of the Year.

Coach Baldwin will be joining the Republic community along with his wife, Heather and 3 year old daughter, Hadley. Welcome to Coach Baldwin and his family!